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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control 
- #51
- Posted: 12/07/2011 07:01
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[quote="weedygonsalez"]Case for Music:
"Historically, Western music began to progress once composers began structuring compositions around the text and poems to which the music was set. Traditional melodies in music as we know it would not be possible were it for music historically adapting to lyrics."
This is a perfect example of Richard Wagner's the Ring Cycle and his idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk. There was this idea in his day that aesthetics kinda went in this order 1. Poetry 2. Art 3. Music. Music was last because it was purely emotional and didn't have much cognitive properties. Wagner wanted to combine all three to make the best piece of art he could.
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- #52
- Posted: 12/07/2011 17:35
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[quote="sethmadsen"] | weedygonsalez wrote: | Case for Music:
"Historically, Western music began to progress once composers began structuring compositions around the text and poems to which the music was set. Traditional melodies in music as we know it would not be possible were it for music historically adapting to lyrics."
This is a perfect example of Richard Wagner's the Ring Cycle and his idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk. There was this idea in his day that aesthetics kinda went in this order 1. Poetry 2. Art 3. Music. Music was last because it was purely emotional and didn't have much cognitive properties. Wagner wanted to combine all three to make the best piece of art he could. |
So something like The Wall then? 😜 Or at least the same ambition as such
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
- #53
- Posted: 12/08/2011 02:05
- Post subject: The Wall and The Ring Cycle
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Hmmm....
Never really put that together- but ya, totally like The Wall.
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- #54
- Posted: 11/22/2012 03:46
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Music first. I don't even pay a little attention to the lyrics first time hearing something.
But after I've developed a liking for a song, the lyrics begin to stand out. And if I realize the lyrics are stupid, I like the song much less.
So in the long run, lyrics.
But I will never hear those lyrics unless the music is good.
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Jasonconfused
If We Make It We Can All Sit Back and Laugh
Gender: Male
Location: Washington
- #55
- Posted: 11/22/2012 03:52
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Absolutely the music. There are some songs I admire for the lyrics but the music is most important. There are plenty of songs that I love and I have no idea what they're actually talking about.
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- #56
- Posted: 11/22/2012 04:16
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music
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